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“Bubble gum” coral possibly new species from Coral Triangle
Scientists recently revealed their findings after an expedition to the Coral Triangle – “a region where currents from the Pacific and Indian Oceans bring together different species from Asia and Australia to…
IceCap Lighting officially goes out of business, closes its doors
IceCap, a once popular lighting company that is headquartered in the United States is out of business. In a letter to their customers, Chuck Troiani stated that they have suspended operations. Chuck goes on to explain: “Unfortunately, we finally hit a…
Reef Angel controller gets expandability with Relay Expansion Module
The open source Reef Angel aquarium controller is getting some expandability with the release of the Reef Angel Relay Expansion Module. With the module you have the ability to extend the Reef Angel controller beyond the eight sockets you have…
PlanktoMarine Live, a new live plankton food from GroTech
GroTech PlanktoMarine Live is a new refrigerated, ultra-dense, live form of phytoplankton recently released to the German market. According to the company, the 20ml package of PlanktoMarine Live is comparable to a 1.8 liter bottle of traditional live plankton solutions. The highly…
AI LED firmware 3.0 delivers 3-channel control, thunderstorms and advanced timer sequences
The AI LED firmware 3 has been out for almost a week now and we’re really pleased with all the new upgrades. You gotta love the beauty of electronic devices like the AI LED which can deliver new functionality through…
Unusual dottyback shows inverse coloration of Pictichromis caitlinae
We have here a few images documenting what appears to be a Pictichromis diadema with an unusual magenta coloration. Whereas P. diadema has a patch of magenta solely on the topside of it’s head and anterior part of the body…
Coral Morphologic projected ‘Artificial Reef’ on prominent buildings of Miami Beach
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/17663424[/vimeo] You may know Coral Morphologic as the guys from Florida with all the crazy zoanthids and St. Thomas mushrooms but Core-More has always had a strong artistic penchant for everything they do. The latest project by Coral…
Macro video of SPS polyps shows what it means to have good water flow
[youtube width=”670″ height=”410″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhHmRvhrOl0[/youtube] This video of Small Polyp Stony Corals from a macro point of view is an excellent example of what good water flow and polyp extension looks like. If you have an SPS coral tank and your corals…
The other side of the fence: An insider’s view of the aquatics industry
After a lifetime working in sales, I recently took a job at an upscale aquarium business. Now that I am beginning to experience the aquarium industry from the inside, I have taken on a slightly different view of things. Yet…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
Breaking New Ground
Vibrant Corals and Fish Ushers in the First Legal CITES-Compliant Malaysian Coral Imports to the…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
